Ice sculpting photos
Friend or Foe, by Steve Brice, Joan Brice, Heather Brown, Tajana Raukar 1st place Multi Block, 2003 World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
World Ice Art Championships
Ice Sculpting photos gallery
The World Ice Art Championships occur annually in March, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The event is attended by artists from the world over. They chisel and carve away at giant blocks of ice fashioning remarkable creations that sometimes reach 25 feet high. Two competitions feature a small and large sculpture contest, performed outdoors in the beautiful Fairbanks winter weather. The quality of ice from the local ponds is favored by the artists due to both its thickness and clarity, the latter due to a lack of organisms in the water. Visitors enjoy a park filled with ice creations displayed at night with colorful lights to accentuate their beauty. All of the ice sculpting photos are available for purchase as stock photography, or as fine art prints to display in your home or office.
Multi-Block Ice sculpture by Junichi Nakamura, at the World Ice Art Championships, held each March in Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
World Ice Art Championship, Kiddy park statue, Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Zoom boom harvests large blocks of ice from a Fairbanks pond. Blocks, cut by chainsaws are used by sculptors in the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Large blocks of ice, cut and harvested from a pond will be used in the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Ice sculpting chisels used during the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska, (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Ice sculptor chisels away at sculpture during the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska, (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Multi Block Ice sculpture at the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Northern Exposure, Ice sculpture of Eskimo family carved during the World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska, (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Award winning Ice sculpture, The Joust, World Ice Sculpting Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Good Omen, the title of this award winning Ice Sculpture lit by colored lights, Fairbanks, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Ice sculptor Steve Brice adds whiskers to the face of a tiger in the 2004 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Kiddie Park, 2004 World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Aiming Eyes, by Junichi Nakamura, Peter Slavin. 2007 World Ice Art Championships, Single block sculpture, first place, realistic (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
2005 Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Ice sculpture, World Ice Sculpting Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Ice sculptor Junichi Nakamura, Japan, World Ice Sculpting Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Native Alaska ice sculptor, Brenna Outwater, chisels away while sitting inside a long ice tube, created by joining multiple blocks of ice. The Sculpture, titled “Soul Catcher”, designed by Native artist Kathleen Carlo, won first place in the abstract category multi-block competition at The 1996 World Ice Art Championships held each march in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Patrick J Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
